C H A P T E R 8 |
Known Issues |
This chapter contains the latest supplementary information for the preceding chapters in this guide.Specific Change Request (CR) identification numbers are provided for service personnel, when necessary. The chapter contains the following sections:
This section describes the known ship kit issue.
Workaround: You can obtain the latest drivers and software at: http://support.intel.com/support/go/sunraid.htm
This section contains the known issues related to the BIOS RAID Configuration Utility:
Workaround: After creating the array, check the BIOS settings to verify the correct boot order and make changes as necessary. For more information, see Best Practices For Controlling the Boot Order of Logical Drives.
Workaround: Hot-plugging of enclosures is not supported in the BIOS RAID Configuration utility. Hot-plugging of SAS/SATA hard disk drives (HDDs) is supported only within hard disk enclosures and only under the conditions specified in Understanding Hot-Plug Limitations and Conditions Within the BIOS RAID Configuration Utility.
This section contains the known performance issues:
Issue: This occurs because the HBA has firmware prior to version 16732 installed on it and the Sun Storage 32GB SLC SATA SSD has firmware version 8626 or earlier installed on it.
1. Upgrade the HBA to firmware version 16732, at minimum.
You can obtain the latest HBA firmware at: http://support.intel.com/support/go/sunraid.htm
2. Power cycle the HBA host system.
3. Upgrade the SSD to firmware version 8850, at minimum.
You can obtain the latest SSD firmware at: http://www.sunsolve.sun.com
Workaround: Reboot the host system on which the HBA resides.
Issue: After repeatedly scanning a Seagate SAS Cheetah 15K disk, inconsistent data is reported, even though nothing has changed on the disk. This is due to an old firmware version (prior to 0A1C) on the Seagate SAS Cheetah 15K disk, model ST3450856SS (Sun part number: 390-0424-03).
Workaround: Upgrade the firmware on the Seagate SAS Cheetah 15K disk to version 0A1C, at minimum.
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